Ice creeper



Oct.- 2, 192,3. a 1,469,619

c. T. BYRD IE CREEPER Filed Aug. 6, 1921 attachment vfor slices designed Deemed oa. 2,1923.

Ion ,CREEPER wfApplicaton filed August 6,-1921'; `Serial 110.490,287.A f

Y To all 'wh-0m t may concern:

vBe it known that I, CHARLIE T. BXRD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta,v in the county of Fulton and State o fj Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'lce Creepers; and Ifdo hereby declare 'the following to beja full, clear, and exaetdescription of the-in vention, such as will enable others skilled inA the art to which it and use the same. v n

This inventionv relates to an anti-slipping particularly appertains to make .to facilitatewalking*upon ice. n t

lli-*An important object is to provide applurality! of plates capable of movement to simulate the' action cfa kshoe sole, which secv tions are attachable to vand detachable from the shoe, are hinged together and have sprino' means to maintain them normally aline and have spurred means preferably letaehably secured thereto. e Additional objects and advantages will appear hereinafter from the descriptionaof an operativeembodiment taken in connection with accompanyingdrawings :A v

In said drawings :-V Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the attachi ment or creeper in place on a shoe;

-Fig. '2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the attachmentl on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and Y of the attachment.

Referring specifically Ito; lthe drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts in the different views thereof a conventional shoevis sug- Qgested at A and the-attachment may lcomprise a heel plate 4 and a -sole pla-te 5 which fare ypreferably metallic and pivoted'to'gether by a pintle Gfpassing through barrels 7 of the pla-tes at the instep-*of the shoe. `Said plates `4 and 5` may be secured tothe shoe Ain any Qdesired manner as by means of a strap `8 onk each plate inseparable sections connectible by buckles 9.v Plate 4 has an upstanding marginal wall v10 to surround the Vheel and slots 11 are provided therethrough for connection lof the adjacent strap '8.- i One or more leaf springsv12 are secured at 13 to one of the plates and extend through adjacent bottom or inverted plan zview,

posite plate so" as to 'normally maintain the barrels where Vcut away as 14 to ,guideliand protectthe.springs vand engage the op- I IG plates in contact with and urge them against `the, heel and sole respectively-"This con-V Y struction particularly cooperates with a f single strap fastening suchAV as 8 for each section as sagging` at therpintle 6 would 'occur' if the'spring -12 did not urge the sections to normal positiomthat is, in 'such`-` relation'where they jointly conform to the`Y` shape of the sole and heel. Plate 4 at 15 extends upwardly in front ofthe heel-of the,

shoe and at`16 a nose is provided'onth'e plate 5 to clip over the'toe ofthe shoeV Sole.

Y It is to be noted that the vpintle 6 and-barv l Y rels 7 and springs' 12`are'disp`osed belowthe upper surfaceof plates 4 and 5 so as to enablefintimateflat Contact of plates'4 and 5 attheir junction against the shoe sole.v

Means to directly veng'fage the ice arevpro- 1 vided on thek plates. 4 and 5 and may be 'in the form'of plates 17, preferably removably secured to saidl plates 4 and 5, as by means of bolts 18. These plates 17 are -preferably fof sheet'metal and have ice-penetrating spurs :or calks 19, of anyy desired size, length or shape struck out therefrom.' By V`having removable platesigprovided with" thesefspurs, they, can bediscaraea and new f f ones substituted without discarding the entireattachment.'v VThe spurs 19 can .also `be more expeditiously vsharpened, when VVthe plates 17 arefdetached. .1'

In use,thestraps 8V are buckledabout the shoe to mountthe attachmentlso that as the wearer thereof ,walksupon ice, the spurs 19 Will penetrate theice, 'and'pprevent slipping or falling.'v v At the Sametime the plates 4 and Y 5 atjpintle 6v flex tocorrespond with flexure 'Y .I

such sole byl thesprings12.

of theshoe's'ole, beingalways urgedgagainst ff'. v

v f Since merely one'embodlment 'has 'been illustrated,fand described, it is to bewunder-Y Y c ,t lstood that changes inl the details'doffcon-QY structionmay be :resorted towithin its spirit n What is claimed is l cdnsisting'offplates, means below 'the upperV c i :surface of theplates to pivot them together to yield'with a soleof a shoe,` anti-slipping so: j

' means on said plates, and springl means as-V the p-intle and overlapping beth plates to y socia-ted With said hinge to prevent sagging prevent sagging ,of the plates. 15 Y' l of the plates. In testimony whereof I aix my signature 2. AnV anti-slipping attachment for shoesY n presence of twoV Witnesses. f havingr patesfbaanellsdepending from the f CHARLIE TBUIT plates, a pnt'lejoinlng the barrels, .one o Witnesses: ,v T', Y Y

Ysaid barrels being eut-away above the pintle T. Gr. LEWIS,

and a spring in said cut-away barrel ,above L. :"lvoWnRsr: I 

